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1 Oct 2010, 12:08 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Whitmire pointed out her testimony contradicted the DA and strongly implied she was in denial.Interestingly, the Bexar County Crime Lab is a completely independent department from the police, the Sheriff, and the DA, reporting directly to the commissioners court, reported director Timothy Fallon. [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It takes more than one little downturn, though, to kill a bad idea, because that's the fundamental premise behind the feds' COPS program, which yesterday announced grants for 1,400 officer positions nationwide and 158 in Texas, including 50 in Houston and even a few in my hometown. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 12:21 pm by Heather Young
The local award recipients are: County of Fresno (Fresno, CA) ($49,992)Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Los Angeles, CA) ($200,000)County of Sacramento (Sacramento, CA) ($200,000)Miami Shores Village (Miami Shores, FL) ($64,885)Attorney General's Office, Mississippi, (Jackson, MS)  ($166,365)North Carolina… [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 9:23 am by Steve Hall
And: From 1993 to 2009, Pikett and his dogs conducted hundreds of scent lineups for about 20 Texas counties, the Texas Rangers, the state attorney general's office and federal agencies, court documents show. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 7:22 am by texastriallawyers
Harris County Sheriff’s office deputies were called to investigate the car accident and indicate that a 2002 Silver Pontiac was going south on FM 2100 and the driver of that car made a U-turn and was struck by a 2000 GMC Sierra going north. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 11:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The city of Galveston, for example, had just 32 murders between 2004 and 2009, but solved only 17.San Antonio's Bexar County Sheriff's Office cleared just 39 percent of its homicides, Waco 56 percent and Odessa 52 percent, based on numbers the police agencies provided to the FBI.But while murder clearance rates in some cities lag behind the national average, nearly 70 percent of the slayings in Houston get solved. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 6:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In Travis County, the Sheriff implemented a B-misdemeanor summons policy first and then the municipal police in Austin began issuing Class B citations after the Sheriff demonstrated it could work. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 6:38 am
"The treatment he received was routine and it was carried out safely," said Alan Bernstein, Harris County Sheriff’s Office. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 6:31 am
Harris County Sheriff's office conducted the investigation and reports indicate victims died at the scene. [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 2:26 pm by texastriallawyers
 The Harris County Sheriffs Office together with many other law enforcement agencies have banded together to crack down on drunk driving in Houston. [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 8:47 am
In an effort to battle drunk driving fatalities in Houston the Harris County Sheriff's office in combination with Precincts 4 and 5, the Houston, Jersey Village and Tomball police departments as well as DPS and others have initiated a program called "Operation Shared Responsibility". [read post]
25 Jul 2010, 1:20 pm
  It is a sad day in Houston for the Harris County Sheriff's office has lost a fellow officer who was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 7:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This is a total of 553 time consuming events which averages close to one hour of work per officer per event. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 11:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Thanks to Alan Bernstein at the Harris County Sheriff's Office for arranging a tour of the Harris jail last week, which I visited to receive a first-hand pitch regarding why Sheriff Adrian Garcia wants to expand facilities. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 8:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I'm headed to Houston today, primarily to attend a House Corrections Committee hearing tomorrow morning on reentry services, but also to take up Alan Bernstein from the Harris County Sheriff's Office on his offer of a jail tour, in which he will make the case why Harris County needs to expand their facilities. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 4:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Our leaders should create a regional crime lab, actually run by scientists, perhaps under a university, and not under any elected sheriff or appointed law enforcement officer, that can run actual, neutral and competent forensic testing untainted by pressure and uncorrupted by malfeasance or negligence. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 11:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"And over at the Harris County Sheriff's Office, a captain demoted by Sheriff Adrian Garcia after he admitted drinking before an off-duty car crash was reinstated to his old job and was awarded back pay by a three-member civil service commission. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 4:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Likely a combination of factors, says Travis County Sheriff's Office spokesman Roger Wade. [read post]
26 May 2010, 7:25 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Nobody can prevent a crook from taking a shot at an officer, but supervisors can prevent that same officer from driving recklessly and harming themselves or others, and they're right to do so.RELATED: Via Unfair Park, the Dallas County Sheriff's Office has posted this short video to YouTube "the Sheriff's Department's latest offering: "a short video highlighting the importance of safe driving of squad cars,"… [read post]
21 May 2010, 5:39 am by Gritsforbreakfast
With less than half the number of crashes, the Harris County Sheriff's Office reported 18 officers were unbuckled that year. [read post]